Which causal argument is stronger?
a. The swim team had better overall results in their last meet. It seems likely that the
reason for the good performance was taking a day off from practice right before
the meet. This was the only difference between their practice sessions for this meet
and other meets—they maintained the same practice schedule every other day in
the week. Thus, taking a day off before the meet must have caused the improved
swim team performance.
b. The swim team had better overall results in their last meet. It seems likely that the
reason for the good performance was taking a day off from practice right before
the meet. This was the only difference between their practice sessions for this meet
and other meets. Thus, taking a day off before the meet must have caused the
improved swim team performance.
A
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